Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-14
Mild nioting I'm London.

FOUR THOUSAND POLICE MANAGE TO PREVENT THE
TRAFALGAR SQUARE MEETING.
There were many exciting scenes In Trafalgar
Square, London, yesterday, in consequence Of the
attempts by radical, socialist and Irish societies
to hold q meeting there despite the proclamation
OF Sir Charles Warren forbidding such meeting.
Four thousand policemen took possession Of the
approaches to Trafalgar Square at an early hour.
They had been on the ground but short time
Enen various societies approached the square
by bands OF music. and they carried banners and
notices. The police attacked and dispersed each
group as 1t arrived near the square.
Fierce nights took place On the strand, NOftnum-
berland avenue, Whitehall, Pail Mall and other ad-
1acent streets One OF the societies succeeded In
Soedy iigS1' e in Whch oo commoper GRAHAM was
seriously injured. Mr.. Graham was subsequently,
arrested for attacking the police. AT 4:30 pm.
the crowd in the vicinity OF the square numbered
100000, and the police were powerless to thor
oughly dispense them. Cavalry and infantry were
summoned to the assistance OF the police, but no
charge was made, as the people OF their own &C
cord began TO dispense at dusk.
About two hundred citizens and forty policemen
TeTe tb wer
Jured were well enough to leave the hospital after
treatment. One patient was dreadfully burned
with vltT1ol squirted from syringe. Another de-
ciares that he was bayoneted in the bullock. Two
poncemen were stabbed with knives IL was
noticeable that the crowd, while hooting the
ponce, cheered the cavalry ana infantry posted In
the middle OF the square, ready for action In case
the crowd broke the police line. II the crowd had
succeeded In breaking the line 1t Is believed that
The riot act would have been read, and the lnfan-
try would have been ordered to fire.
soon after g O'Clock the police made series OF
violent charges with their batonS in q determined
effort to clear the whole vicinity, many points OF
which had been crowded all the afternoon. During
one charge the whole window OF an electrical shop
fell with a crash. The crowd asserted that the
window was broken by the hoOfS OF some OF the
pOlicemen's horses. The police however, assert
that bricks were thrown at the window. The
oafeIs made rush for the contentSO OF the window,
but the police recaptured many articles and
arrested the thieves. A minute later the VIM
dow OF refreShment room was smashed in
by the pressure OF the crowd. There were
one or two similar cases in the course
OF the charge, but by 9 o'clock there
was no fear OF further trouble. At $3.50
O'Clock the whole force OF life guards again pa
trolled the square, and finally they dispersed COM
pletely. Some excitement was caused at the
White Hall by the victorious police marching with
the captured flags and banners The mounted
police and life guards were now ordered In the d.
rectOn OF parliament building, the side streets be-
ing cordoned with constableS TO prevent PUSHES.
This move cleared White Hall and Parliament
street, and the guards, with the exception OF the
body retained In Trafalgar Square, were enabled
to return TO their barracks by O'Clock.
Quetude was now somewhat restored, though
the square was still cOrdoned by bodies OF police
which alternately relieved each other, In order to
obtain much-needed refreshment after standing in
the same position ten hours. At half-past O'Clock
the remaining lie guards returned to the barracks